Kerrang! – June 28, 2019

30 KERRANG!

Before the main event,

we wet our whistle.

And UNITED TALENT

AGENCY were doing

cocktails – get in!

H

ow exactly does one

prepare oneself for a

party of Kerrang! Awards

magnitude? Go to a

bar around the corner and have a

pre-party at which you sup delicious

Crystal Head vodka cocktails and

have a massive laugh with the cream

of the music industry.

Hosted by the lovely people of

United Talent Agency – booking

agents for Bring Me The Horizon,

Bullet For My Valentine, Architects and

enough others to put on a very good

festival – the bash proved the perfect

run-up to the Awards. Have you ever

drunk an espresso martini out of a

skull? Well, this lot have now. And they

probably woke up with the hangover

to prove it.

Dedicated party animal Ben Ward

of London metal titans Orange

Goblin was, unsurprisingly, propping

up the bar early doors, soon to be

joined by Napalm Death singer

Barney Greenway among others. But

amazingly, everyone present made it to

PHOTOS:the Awards in time, albeit wonkily...

ANDY FORD

PARTY’S

ON!

Yes, that’s loads of drinks

K! Editor Sam Coare and

booking agent Paul Ryan:

“Yes, this is definitely booze”

K!’s Phil Alexander and

Napalm Death’s Barney

Greenway: not chatting physics

Orange Goblin’s Ben Ward,

K!’s Nick Ruskell, and manager

Don Jenkins before it got fuzzy

THE AWARDS